1. In a certain language CHENNAI is coded as

DIFOOBJ, how is MUMBAI coded:

(a ) NVNCBJ (b ) OWODCK

(c ) NNVCJB (d ) LTLABH

2. If Z = 53 and HAT = 61 then CAT will be equal

to:

(a ) 41 (b ) 61

(c ) 51 (d ) 60

3. In a certain code:

‘358’ means ‘buy butter bread’

‘367’ means ‘eat one bread’

‘375’ means ‘one butter bread’

which digit in that code means ‘eat’

(a ) 6 (b ) 8

(c ) 7 (d ) 3

4. ‘Court’ is related to ‘Justice’ in the same way as

‘School’ is related to:

(a ) Teacher (b ) Student

(c ) Education (d ) Class

5. P is BROTHER of Q, R is FATHER of P, S is

BROTHER of T and T is DAUGHTER of Q, then UNCLE of 

S is:

(a ) Q (b ) R

(c ) P (d ) T

6. If A + B = C + D, B + D = 2A, D + E > A + B,

C + D > A + E, then:

(a ) D > A > B > E > C

(b ) D > B > E > A > C

(c ) A > B > D > E > C

(d ) A > D > B > E > C

7. A, B, C, D and E play a game of cards. A says to

B, “If you give me four cards, you will have as many as

E has and if I give you four cards, you will have as many

as D has”. A and B together have 12 cards more than

what D and E together have. If B has two cards more

than what C has and the total number of cards is 135,

how many cards does B have?

(a ) 25 (b ) 23

(c ) 37 (d ) 29

8. If ‘P’ denotes ‘+’; ‘R’ denotes ‘×’; ‘S’ denotes ‘–’

and ‘T’ denotes ‘÷’; then what will be the value of 

7 R 9 P 1 1 S 9 T 3 P 6?

(a ) 75 (b ) 77

(c ) 143 (d ) 73

Directions for Questions 9 to 11 are based on the

following:

Lee is senior to John and earns more than Harry.

Israel is junior to Mac and senior to Harry and earns

less than Khan. Jack is senior to Nimmy and junior to

Harry and earns less than Nimmy and more than Khan.

Nimmy is senior to Lee and earns less than Harry.

9. Who is the seniormost?

(a ) Harry (b ) Mac

(c ) John (d ) Lee

10. Which of the following is true?

(a ) Nimmy is senior to Mac and earns more than

Jack.

(b ) Israel is senior to Lee and earns more than Jack

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(c ) Israel is senior to Nimmy and earns less than

Nimmy

(d ) Harry is senior to Nimmy and earns less than

Nimmy

11. The person who earns the most is:

(a ) Harry (b ) Mac

(c ) John (d ) Lee

12. What is number in the innermost blank circle?

(a ) 1 (b ) 8

(c ) 6 (d ) 2

13. What is the value of ‘B’ in the following

multiplication?

1 A 5 B

4 5

5 2 7 B

4 2 2 A A

4 7 4 7 B

(a ) 5 (b ) 4

(c ) 1 (d ) 3

14. Starting from a point ‘S’ Subhash walked 15m,

towards south. He turned to his left and walked 40 m.

He then again turned to his left and walked 15 m.

He again turned to his left and walked 60 m and

reached a point ‘T’. How far is Subhash from the point

‘S’?

(a ) 10m (b ) 20m

(c ) 15m (d ) 25m

15. The following diagram shows ten match sticks

forming three squares. What is the minimum

no. of matches that must be removed to make two

squares?

(a ) 3 (b ) 2

(c ) 1 (d ) 4

16. How many triangles are there in the diagram

given below?

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(a ) 10

(b ) 11

(c ) 12

(d ) 15

17. A person is happier than another if he has

more money and less anxieties. Tom does not have any

anxiety at all. He has less money than Shyam but more

than what Ram has. If Ram has more anxiety than other

two then:

(a ) Shyam is happier than Ram

(b ) Ram is happier than Shyam

(c ) Shyam is happier than Tom

(d ) Tom is happy

18. Of five brothers and sisters, the eldest is 14

years senior to the youngest. There is a sister between

two brothers. Next to the eldest is a sister while the

youngest but one of the siblings is also a sister. Which

one of the following statements is necessarily true?

(a ) the youngest is a sister

(b ) the youngest is a brother

(c ) the middle one is a brother

(d ) there are two sisters and three brothers

19. Which of the following is the place of ‘?’ in the

following letter-number series?

C3D E7G G16J I35M ?

(a ) K74P

(b ) K70Q 

(c ) K54R

(d ) K36L

Directions for questions 20 to 23 are based on the

following information:

In an imaginary language the digits

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are substituted by

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i and j.

And 12 is written as ‘bc’ : Then

20. (cd + ef) × ba is equal to:

(a ) 0

(b ) 680

(c ) 260

(d ) 86

21. ed × f – (fb–d) × d = ?

(a ) hb

(b ) bh

(c ) cbf 

(d ) bee

22. bgf ÷ bf × b is equal to:

(a ) ba

(b ) bb

(c ) ab

(d ) bbb

23. cbg + be – (ca × h/be) is equal to:

(a ) acc

(b ) aca

(c ) cac

(d ) cca

24. Four friends were seated around a square table.

Meena was to the right of Padma and Veena was to the

left of Krishna. Who was to the left and to the right of 

Veena?

(a ) Padma and Meena

(b ) Meena and Krishna

(c ) Krishna and Padma

(d ) Krishna and Meena

25. Today is Saturday. What day of the week will it

 be after 27 days?

(a ) Monday

(b ) Friday

(c ) Wednesday

(d ) Saturday

26. How many 8’s are there in the following

sequence, which are preceded by a prime number, but

not immediately followed by an even number?

5 8 3 7 5 8 6 9 8 5 4 5 8 4 7 6 5 8 3 5 8 7 9 8 2 2 8 5

(a ) 3 (b ) 7

(c ) 4 (d ) 5

27. If a rectangle were a circle, a circle were a point,

a point were a triangle and a triangle is square, then the

shape of the wheel is:

(a ) rectangle

(b ) circle

(c ) point

(d ) square

28. If Swords were Pencils, Battlefields would be:

(a ) Paper

(b ) Book

(c ) Sharpener

(d ) Eraser

29. 5 boys were climbing up a hill. Jayant was

following Hari; Ram was ahead of Govind; Krishna was

 between Govind and Hari. If they were climbing up one

after the other, who was the second?

(a ) Hari (b ) Jayant

(c ) Ram (d ) Govind

30. Find the correct sequence of the missing letters

in the series:

_ABBB_B_BABB

(a ) A B B

(b ) A A B

(c ) B B A

(d ) B A B

31. Identify the number of triangles in the figure

given below:

(a ) 44 (b ) 48 (c ) 36 (d ) 32

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32. If the following names were arranged as in

dictionary, which would be the third?

(a ) Suniti (b ) Suneethy

(c ) Suneeti (d ) Suneetti

33. Marbles of diameter 1.4 cm are dropped into a

 beaker containing some water and are fully submerged.

The diameter of the beaker is 7 cm. Find how many

marbles have been dropped in it if the water rises by 5.6

cm?

(a ) 100 (b ) 150

(c ) 200 (d ) 125

34. Pointing to a photograph Suraj said, “His

daughter Shanti is granddaughter of my mother.”

Whose photograph was it?

(a ) Suraj’s brother (b ) Suraj’s Son

(c ) Suraj’s Uncle (d ) Suraj’s Nephew

35. In a code language, BADGE is coded as 658119,

what will be the code for AGE?

(a ) 8911 (b ) 5611

(c ) 5119 (d ) 1159

Directions for questions 36 to 40:

Read the following information and answer the

questions given below it.

A sales representative plans to visit each of six

companies—M, N, P, Q, R, and S—exactly once during

the course of one day. He is setting up his schedule for

the day according to the following conditions:

1) He must visit M before N and before R.

2) He must visit N before Q.

3) The third company he visits must be P.

36. Which of the following could be the order if the

sales representative visits the six companies?

(a ) M, R, N, Q, P, S

(b ) M, S, P, N, R, Q 

(c ) P, R, M, N, Q, S

(d ) P, S, M, R, Q, N

37. Which of the following must be true of the

sales representative’s schedule for the day?

(a ) He visits M before Q 

(b ) He visits N before R

(c ) He visits P before M

(d ) He visits P before S

38. If the sales representative visits S first, which

company must he visit second?

(a ) M (b ) N

(c ) P (d ) Q 

39. Which of the following could be true of the

sales representative’s schedule?

(a ) he visits M third

(b ) he visits N sixth

(c ) he visits R sixth

(d ) he visits Q second

40. The sales representative could visit any of the

following companies immediately after P except:

(a ) M (b ) N

(c ) Q (d ) R

ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

1. (a ) The next letter in the alphabets is the code.

2. (c ) The value of each letter is its position in the

alphabets × 2 + 1 i.e. Z = (26 × 2) + 1 = 53.

Hence C = 3 × 2 + 1 = 7; A = 1 × 2 + 1 = 3;

T = 20 × 2 + 1 = 41; 7 + 3 + 41 = 51.

3. (a ) 4. (c ) 5. (c ) 6. (a )

7. (a ) Players A B C D E

No. of cards : 37 25 23 29 21

8. (b ) 7 × 9 + 11 – 9 ÷ 3 + 6 = 63 + 11 – 3 + 6 = 77

(BODMAS).

9-11. Seniority : Mac, Israel, Harry, Jack, Nimmy, Lee

and John.

Earning : Lee, Harry, Nimmy, Jack, Khan, Israel

(Nothing is stated about Mac’s

earning)

9. (b ) 10. (c ) 11. (d )

12. (b ) Add 8 to numbers in the next circle and you get

numbers from the outer circle. The next ones are

squares.

13. (a ) Value of A is zero and of B, 5

1055 × 45 = 47475.

14. (b )

15. (b )

16. (c ) 17. (a ) 18. (c )

19. (a ) The numbers are 3 × 2 + 1 = 7; 7 × 2 + 2 = 16;

16 × 2 + 3 = 35, hence 35 × 2 + 4 = 74.

20. (b ) (23 + 45) × 12.

21. (a ) (43 × 5) – (51 – 3) × 3.

22. (b ) 165 ÷ 15 × 1.

23. (d )

Meena24. (c ) Veena Padma

Krishna25. (d ) 26. (c )27. (c ) 28. (a )29. (d ) Ram Govind Krishna Hari Jayant.30. (d ) The series is B A B B/B A B B/B A B B ...31. (b ) 32. (d )33. (a ) Apply Each layer will have 25 marbles, each

layer would displace 1.4 cm water.34. (a )35. (c ) Each code number is the position of the letter in

the alphabets + 4.36 to 40. M S P N R Q or S M P N R Q 

or M S P N Q R36. (b )37. (a )38. (a )39. (c )40. (a )

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